re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 3:14 pm Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by C K (6910 messages posted) Check the CD that came with the board for updated drivers. There should be info either on the CD or the board manufactures website if they are needed. W2K is very old and the drivers made back then have a habit of failing on new hardware.. See if the board manufacturer may have info on their site or a help forum (many do).. Some boards need patches/utilities that enable DMA for certian devices. Yours may be one of them... On Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 2:54 pm, Angus wrote: >Not RAM I think; there is 1GB on board; no other stuff running and the 100% CPU >usage results from a simple file copy - on my working system (much slower Athlon >CPU) CPU runs at around 2% for a similar operation. Checking device manager shows >the CD and DVD on this working system to be "Ultra DMA" wheras the slow one (I found >since my post) is always marked PIO, even though it should auto select DMA. For >some reason W2K is always choosing PIO... > > > Written in response to: re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (Angus: Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 2:54 pm) Responses to this message: re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (Angus: Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 3:06 am) All messages in this thread [show all] CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (Angus: Tue, Jan 2, 2007, 8:29 am) re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (DEX: Tue, Jan 2, 2007, 1:51 pm) re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (Angus: Tue, Jan 2, 2007, 2:54 pm) re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (C K: Tue, Jan 2, 2007, 3:14 pm) re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (Angus: Wed, Jan 3, 2007, 3:06 am) re: CD and DVD using 100% CPU, system slow, is DMA set? (SOLUTION) (Angus: Thu, Jan 4, 2007, 8:38 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum